In the clashes going on between the TMC and Congress workers in Murshidabad in West Bengal, one voter has reportedly died. The voter identified as Piyarul Sheikh, died after being stabbed during the ongoing clashes.
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In Motigunj area, the TMC workers allegedly ransacked the BJP office, after which the BJP workers razed the camp office of TMC.
In Dinapur district of WB, clashes broke out between TMC and the BJP after a leader Montu Roy was attacked allegedly by TMC workers.
There were more reports of violence in Bengal. Motiganj area of North 24 Paraganas saw clashes between BJP and TMC workers. Both the workers ransacked each other’s party offices.
The 2019 Lok Sabha elections in rural West Bengal have been reportedly extremely polarised.
Three Trinamool Congress workers in Murshidabad’s Domkal municipality were injured earlier this morning after a crude bomb was reportedly hurled at them. The polling booth had to be shut down. This comes after reports that the husband of a Trinamool Congress councillor of the Domkal municipality was hospitalised after being beaten with sticks.
West Bengal has seen clashes and attacks on political party workers since the elections began on April 11. While the ruling Mamata Banerjee government has blamed the Opposition parties and the BJP, the BJP in turn has accused Mamata Banerjee of jungle raj in the state.
On April 23, elections are being held at the constituencies Malda Uttar, Malda Dakshin, Murshidabad, Jangipur and Balurghat of Bengal as part of third phase.